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At the official opening of TransMEA 2025 (between 9 and 11 November), the region’s leading exhibition for transportation and logistics in the Middle East and Africa, Siemens Mobility unveiled the Velaro high-speed train to the Egyptian public for the first time in the outdoor display area.
On 26 September 2025, HSL Belgium did the transfer of Egyptian Velaro 8006 for test runs in Belgium.
Track work is progressing: the Egyptian high-speed rail project is making significant strides, starting with the first phase in Cairo.
In early August, Belgorail has done pantograph tests with two Class 408 Velaros between Leuven and Brussels.
On 10 July 2025, Deutsche Bahn announced that it plans to expand the operation of its Class 408 high-speed trains to new international destinations.
On Saturday of 28 June 2025, Siemens, in collaboration with DB Systemtechnik and DB InfraGO, achieved 405 km/h on the HSL between Leipzig/Halle and Erfurt.
On 24 September, Siemens Mobility presented first Velaro high-speed train for Egypt.
On 9 September 2024, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Brightline West and Siemens Mobility announced that Horseheads, New York will become home to North America’s first high-speed rail production facility.
Siemens Mobility is making progress on a huge contract for Egypt that is set to take rail transport in the country to a whole new level.
Since 13 May 2024, DB is executing the acceptance test runs with the new Class 408 ICE3 neo which is scheduled to start regular passenger service between Brussels and Frankfurt this June.
On 1 May 2024, Brightline announced that Siemens Mobility has been designated the “preferred bidder” to build trainsets for the Brightline West high-speed rail project that will connect Las Vegas and Southern California.
On 23 October 2023 at Frankfurt am Main Hbf the ICE 408 017 with new interior design celebrated its premiere.
On 17 May 2023, Deutsche Bahn announced that it had ordered a further 73 ICEs.
On 25 February 2023 Crossrail brought ICE 3neo unit 8006 (408 006) from Germany to Brussels.
On 5 December 2022, DB introduced its latest ICE generation into service.